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Murdered priest exposes hidden aspects of sectarianism in popular Cairo neighborhood

By Karoline Kamel - Mada MasrFather Samaan Shehata tried to propel himself forward with all the strength he could summon, after a cleanly-shaven young...

- October 20, 2017 0

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Coptic Solidarity Report: 2nd Annual Modern Coptic Martyrs Day

Coptic Solidarity Report: 2nd Annual Modern Coptic Martyrs DayOctober 11, 2017https://youtu.be/5j-F5plwms4?t=3Coptic Solidarity hosted its 2nd Annual Modern Coptic Martyrs Remembrance Day (MCMRD) on October 5,...

- October 12, 2017 0

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Terrorist threat forces Egyptian Christians to cancel summer activities

By Jayson Casper - World Watch MonitorThe churches of Egypt are temporarily shutting down their summer activities.“I asked all our churches and conference centres...

- July 14, 2017 0

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Coptic martyrdom in the age of the security state

By Mariam Ibrahim - Mada Masr -Is a religious narrative that frames the killing of Copts as God's will at odds with mounting resistance...

- July 13, 2017 0

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Some survivors of Egypt’s Coptic church attack react

By Dibie Ike Michael with Reuters - Published by Africa NewsTen-year-old Egyptian schoolboy Mina Habib recounts the day Islamist gunmen killed his father in...

- July 3, 2017 0

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Attack on Christians in Egypt raises many questions

By La Croix International -Attack on Christians in Egypt raises many questions Twenty-nine pilgrims on their way to the Saint Samuel Monastery in Upper...

- May 31, 2017 0

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Egypt Defends Its Human Rights Record at UN Body

By - POMEDAccording to a Ministry statement , Shoukry also emphasized that the UNHRC must respect cultural diversity in discussing human rights and cannot...

- March 3, 2017 0

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Coptic exodus from al-Arish

By Watani InternationalThe plight of the Copts in the North Sinai town of al-Arish is irking Egypt in its entirety. Arish Copts have been...

- March 3, 2017 1

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Egypt: Copt and son killed in IS attack September 7, 2022
Embed from Getty ImagesPrayers in Deir El-Garnouse Coptic church, near Al-Minya in Upper Egypt, after Islamic State opened fire on a convoy carrying Copts, killing at least 28 people in May 2017. A Christian father and son were killed by suspected Islamic State militants in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on 30 August. The two Copts, Salama […]
Egypt: Father and son stabbed in latest attack on Copts August 12, 2022
Embed from Getty ImagesCopts in Egypt have been targeted in a string of attacks this year. An elderly Coptic Christian and his son who run an off-license shop in Giza, central Egypt, were hospitalized after they were severely injured in an attack. Joseph Israel, 70, was sitting outside his shop in the Omrania district in […]
Egypt: Copt stabbed seven times by neighbour who’d lured in his son March 24, 2022
An Egyptian Christian was stabbed multiple times when he tried to rescue his son who was held against his will by a Muslim neighbour in Alexandria. On the night of 15 February, Magdy Fathy Shehata Awad Allah, deacon at the Coptic Orthodox Church in the northeast of Alexandria and a human rights activist, was rushed […]
Egypt: Coptic Christian imprisoned for 5 years for ‘blasphemy’ February 9, 2022
Embed from Getty ImagesA police man enters a prison on the outskirts of Egypt’s capital Cairo. A Coptic Christian has been sentenced to five years in prison for blasphemy, according to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, or EIPR, which represented him during his trial. On 29 January the Cairo Economic Court found Marco Gerges […]

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